Supporting the NHS - turn the gallery blue

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Great use of limited colour palette

Posted by Heather Love on Sat 18 Apr 11:56:35

Love the colours you’ve used David. A very peaceful winter painting.

Posted by Christine Rogan on Sat 18 Apr 13:32:44

Lovely.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Sat 18 Apr 17:58:14

Beautiful.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Sun 19 Apr 16:07:38

Thank you all for those compliments, This is a painting from a few winters ago, but I didn't have anything recent in blue. I once had an "art lover" come into our group's exhibition and say "I'm looking for something in blue to go with my new curtains". True ! I had to submit something to the gallery to support such an important national tribute, though. And the palette could hardly be more limited, simply French Ultramarine with different amounts of Burnt Sienna.

Posted by David Whitehead on Mon 20 Apr 12:52:02

Hang on Studio Wall

18/04/2020

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High Skelghyll, Troutbeck, Cumbria. The sort of place I'll be heading as soon as lockdown is over and our wonderful frontline workers can have a rest.

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David Whitehead

I have always loved the British landscape – walking in it, photographing it and now, since early retirement, painting it in watercolour. I prefer to paint in the field and have experienced all the difficulties the British weather can present to a painter, from the sun drying the paint on the…

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